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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1903
Page
3
Pope orders a bold boarding of the stranger as Crystal arms a small crew. The ten sailors guard the seized vessel while the locked crew and woman stay below. The weather stays calm as the brig closes on the other ship amid tense silence.
The Gypsy crew led by Pope and Crystal plunder a prize ship then split plans to sail together after the haul. Pope plots to surrender the brig and distribute shares while Crystal pushes for quicker, separate gains and smuggling ashore on the Cumberland coast. The crew weighs risks as darkness and further raids loom.
At the Franklin Inn Club Philadelphia a discussion on drunkenness features literary men recounting Col Ingersoll and Long. A punchline imagines a drunkard fumbling with a latch key, muttering that the keyhole was stolen.
The article recalls Napoleon III’s 1885 Windsor visit during the Crimean War, invited by Queen Victoria. It notes Victoria’s goal to prevent going to Sebastopol and assume command, leading to Napoleon III being honored with the Order of the Garter while he abandoned plans to join the allied armies.
A note mentions La Montt presenting a poem about the Shamrock III and plans to send it to the Elite Set. It references La Moyne and a manuscript held for two years and suggests renaming to Shamrock V.
A 1855 Springfield Republican editorial by Samuel Bowles urged a strictly protective tariff to safeguard American industry and independence. It argued revenue tariffs harm workers, factories move abroad, and gold drains to Europe, echoing concerns later seen in 1895 Democratic tariff debates.
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer argues Republicans should not reopen or alter the tariff law. It praises the Dingley law's impact on industry and treasury and warns that any revision could aid Democrats. It notes Iowa Republicans largely oppose tampering.
The article notes protection boosts US iron and steel output with pig iron production this year exceeding twenty million tons. It claims Great Britain and Germany together will produce far less, highlighting the United States growing preeminence in iron and steel under protective policy.
The Salt Lake Tribune cites the Springfield Republican's shift from free trade to protectionism arguing for American labor and goods. It compares 1865 views to today, warning that abandoning protection could plunge the nation into unemployment and economic ruin, with production metrics from 1880s to 1890s cited.
The Iowa Democrats advocate removing tariffs from all trust-made goods and adjusting schedules to tariff for revenue only. The proposal aims to force a national party reckoning with British free trade versus the American economic program celebrated by industrial history.
The 1904 convention will not demand tariff revision and Republicans may push for a tariff fight if Democrats oppose protection next year. Observers note Democratic leaders like Gorman will likely head off any assault that could rally GOP opposition.
The Chicago Record-Herald argues tariff revision is the cure for surplus, claiming a downward revision would reduce the national surplus and benefit the people, likening it to a remedy as effective as death on rats.
Poor poultry and eggs sell at lower prices as quality declines, while transport costs stay similar. The piece warns against commission tricks like averaging up that steal earnings from superior producers and harm the market by rewarding inferior goods.
The Dorking is hailed as one of the oldest and best breeds, excelling in meat quality with large breasts and white juicy flesh. They are hardy good winter layers, tame sitters, good mothers, and profitable for farmers, with Silver Gray Dorkings noted as beauties. readers urged to request eggs from breeders to see for themselves.
An English writer notes disputed name origins for Hamburg fowls, suggesting Levant merchants may have introduced them via Hamburg. He traces their presence to English monastic yards by the early fourteenth century, citing Chaucer’s reference to a cock of the Golden Hamburg breed.
A man who breeds without a definite object or without holding in mind a deaf animal and trying his best to produce such animals will usually meet with unsatisfactory results.
A plain bull with good ancestral stock often yields better offspring than a flashy bull from inferior lineage.
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